RKF Jr's bizarre rant on sperm counts and girls hitting puberty after autism claim

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has a history of repeatedly sharing unfounded conspiracies. Americans were given a stark warning by RKF Jr, when he revealed shocking statistics about the age the children are hitting puberty.

The Health and Human Services Secretary said: "Girls are hitting puberty six years early." He was speaking on Fox News show Jesse Watters Primetime during a discussion on the effects of food additives.

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RFK Jr on testosterones in American teens

The 71-year-old baselessly suggested that testosterone levels in teens were being dwarfed by 68-year-old men. He was talking about government’s plans to ban eight common artificial food dyes by the end of the year.

“The food our kids are eating today is not really food,” RFK Jr told host Jesse Watters, adding that the science surrounding the petroleum-based synthetic dyes has been “systematically suppressed.”

After touting his war on chronic disease and listing a raft of health issues faced by Americans, the nation’s top health official turned his attention to male fertility.

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“We have fertility rates that are just spiraling. A teenager today, an American teenager, has less testosterone than a 68-year-old man,” RFK Jr, who revealed previously that he takes the hormone as part of his anti-aging protocol, said.

“Sperm counts are down 50 percent and girls are hitting puberty six years early,” the health official added as the Fox News host cuts in, attempting to return to his previous claims.

“Wait, an American teenager has less testosterone than a 60-year-old man?,” the Fox News host probed.

“That’s right,” RFK Jr doubled down. “Testosterone levels have dropped 50 percent from historic levels. And, you know, that is a problem. It’s an existential problem. That is only when we have obesity off the charts.”

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RKF Jr's bizarre rant

Since taking office, Kennedy Jr. has made junk food a central focus of his public health messaging. He has repeatedly criticized the food industry for promoting ultra-processed, high-sugar products, which he links to the nation's growing health problems.

RFK Jr also peddled misinformation about autism, claiming it is worse than Covid-19, which has killed more than 7 million people worldwide. The health official vowed to uncover the root cause behind the “epidemic” earlier this month.

“There was a wave of anger against me because I announced that we're going to find the cause of autism,” he said. “This is something that President Trump told me on day one: ‘I want to know what's causing it within a year.’ And I announced how we're going to do that.”